The following was anonymously posted to anarchistnews.org on 1/24/13. That’s the first public appearance of A12M material outside of prison. PRISON RESISTANCE GUERRILLA MANUAL You will find, via the following links, three documents created by a mysterious group known as the Army of the 12 Monkeys. Sean Swain is not the leader of this group. He was not involved in what we did in Mansfield last September.

Please distribute these documents in to prisons, prison resistance groups, and anyone willing to participate in a guerrilla war with the state.

Use great caution when handling the manuals themselves.
1. replace the false covers with new unique false covers. Prison administrators are already familiar with these covers. It may also be prudent to conceal or remove some of the graphics inside, so that a mail room doesn’t easily spot them when flipping through the pages.
2. Wear gloves when handling the paper copies, so as to avoid getting fingerprints on them.
3. Mail them anonymously, from locations away from where you work, live, or could be located at the time of mailing. Avoid surveillance cameras. Wear a hat.
4. Create a false return address. Include an “invoice” as though you are from a publisher, a books to prisoners outfit or a church group donating reading materials to prisoners.
5. If distributing via the internet, avoid emailing from an account that could be traced back to you.
6. The manuals have been uploaded to ge.tt if they are found in your possession, say you found them online and downloaded them out of curiosity without knowing what they were or where they came from.
7. Use discretion when sending them in. They will likely be considered contraband. Do not risk sending them to prisoners who are near parole or release, or who you know would not want to receive this kind of material.

Solidarity and fierce resistance always.

Monkey #13

Direct action, sabotage, and other unruly forms of prisoner resistance are very common but often unreported. The Army of the Twelve Monkeys is a group of prison rebels who channeled and reproduced their tactics through the creation of manuals and other propaganda. The manuals, including some of the A12M propaganda has emerged through the prison walls, and made it to the internet. We’ve re-posted them here.

Other clues and rumors of A12M activities have unfortunately come mostly through the efforts of Sean Swain, who was accused of being A12M’s leader. Posts about these things can be found at Earth First! Journal, or Prison Books, out of North Carolina or at Swain’s site.

A prisoner calling himself Monkey #9 has written and released a few essays and statements since the initial outbreak.